"Goodbye seniors."

I packed up the equipment and waved goodbye to Kiuri-san and the others.

"Walk slowly, Yusaku-chan~"

Sister Juli gently placed the bass on the table aside and smiled and extended her thumb to me:

"You can go to "Stars" today. It seems that Senior Sister Xingge wants to see you for something."

It's rare that Sister Juli didn't drink alcohol today...

Looking at Sister Juli who is supposed to be drunk all year round, I have some strange premonitions in my heart. Usually Xinge-senpai calls me and sends messages to me, and he never tells me anything happened through Sister Juli.

Bar?

"Ikusaku, let's go to Shimokitazawa and have a look. What if something happens?"

Shima-senpai also persuaded me to go to Shimokitazawa. Is there really something he is hiding from me?

"Ah...Okay, thank you, senior."

Anyway, let's go to "Stars" to have a look, just in case there is something urgent.

"Wow——!"

I opened the door of the recording studio, and a pair of ponytails screamed in surprise, and immediately threw themselves on my chest uncontrollably. I quickly held her shoulders and said helplessly:

"Yuyuko-senpai, if you have anything to do, you can just come in... You don't have to lean on the door and eavesdrop."

"Who-who is eavesdropping! Ugh..."

The blushing Yuyuko-senpai shouted to me loudly, but soon realized that her voice was a bit loud, which made some staff look over curiously and immediately covered their mouths.

"Anyway, anyway! Don't you have something to do, Yusaku? Let's go quickly——!"

Didn't you say you didn't eavesdrop...

Yuyuko-senpai bypassed me and entered the recording studio, slamming the door shut.

Am I being disliked...? It seems that I haven't offended her recently...

I shook my head in confusion and waved goodbye to the store manager Koyin. I opened the door of Shinjuku Folt, and a slight cool breeze blew across my cheeks. Only then did I realize that the weather had started to get colder.

"Oh, it seems that the day of wearing cotton-padded jackets is coming soon..."

I hailed a taxi on the side of the road and drove to the subway station. Fortunately, today was Saturday and there were not many people on the subway. I found a spot on the subway and plugged in my headphones and fell asleep for a while, and soon I arrived at Shimokitazawa.

Station. I walked to the gate of Fanxing in a familiar way, and unexpectedly saw a door sign that read "Resting" hanging in front of the door.

What's going on? The store is open even if nothing happens during this time period, right?

I scratched my head, turned on my cell phone and dialed Senior Xingge's number.

No answer!

…What about Sister Juli’s?

Shut down!

Oh! Are they working together to deceive me?!

After realizing that I might have been pranked, I had no choice but to go back to the subway station and buy ingredients for tonight's dinner on the way.

"Looks like I'm going home late today... Will they be waiting for me hungry?"

I was a little worried and sent a line message to Yili, saying that I might be back late and that I could have some snacks to cushion my stomach. However, after a while, the message still showed as unread.

…?What happened today? Is it possible that there is something big happening today that I don’t know about?

I opened the calendar and looked at it, October 26th... Super, isn't this my birthday!

The corner of my mouth twitched a little, and I recalled in my mind some of their unreasonable behaviors before. Could it be that they asked me to come to Shimokitazawa just to delay time, and then asked me to turn on the light in the dark room to give me a surprise?

This kind of routine is already in the streets, okay! You should at least pretend to be a little bit more like it...it's so easy to be discovered!

Even though I said that, I still felt a little warm in my heart, so I might as well pretend to be surprised when I get home later.

Ah, that’s right! Since there are so many people, this order must not be enough...

I returned to the supermarket with some excitement and continued to select ingredients. It was a rare birthday that I didn't spend with my parents alone. It seemed that my mother had done some good things. I will reluctantly forgive her for today...

Will these two come back? Well, it doesn’t matter if they are there or not~

"Ah, Furukawa-san?"

I returned to the previous supermarket and unexpectedly saw Furukawa classmate carrying a large bag of snacks and a girl with long black hair chatting at the door.

"...Ah? Kawakami-san, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Hearing someone calling her name, Furukawa-san looked around in confusion, and then noticed me carrying vegetables.

"Is Furukawa-san's home nearby?"

"No...my home is in Kanagawa. I came to Shimokitazawa this time just to play with my friends."

"Hello~ I'm Lin Lin Yoshida. My second home is in Shinjuku folt~ Welcome to my brother's house to listen to the band~ Oh, I guess you don't know the name of the store directly... It's actually a live house that provides live performances for bands

oh!"

Looking at the beautiful girl with long black hair and straight hair who kept talking in front of me, I was dumbfounded and interrupted her:

"Are you the sister of store manager Xiaoyin?"

"Eh? Do you know my brother?! Then it seems that you must be a fan of a band or a resident band~ Speaking of which, I haven't visited my brother's store for a long time since I followed my father to live in Kanagawa.

Well... How about giving my brother a surprise in Shinjuku later? What a great idea! What do you think, Xiaolu..."

Stop, stop, stop! Why can’t this child stop once he starts talking?

"Why have I never heard that store manager Xiaoyin has a younger sister? I've only heard him mention that he has a younger brother?"

"younger sister?"

Yoshida Linlin was stunned for two seconds, lifted up the white dress with purple wisteria printed on it and swung it a few times:

"It's true that my brother doesn't have a sister, right?"

Um?

I'm a little confused. Since I don't have a sister, who is standing in front of me...?

"Kawakami-kun...Lin Lin is actually a boy."

Furukawa-san clasped his cheeks and said slowly.

"Pfft-cough cough cough-"

I choked on my saliva for a moment... No matter how you say it, it doesn't look like a man! The painting girl insists that he is a man!!

"Ah! It's getting late!"

Before I could recover from the shock, Yoshida Linlin suddenly clapped his hands, touched the back of his head and smiled innocently:

"This little brother, let's see you again in the future~ If you go back to Shinjuku folt today, can you come with us?"

"Thank you, thank you... But I still have something to do, so I'd better forget it..."

I ran back to the subway station as if I was running away. I had to go back and digest this shocking news.

…

"Oh, I'm finally home..."

I dragged my tired body and slowly opened the door to my house, and saw that it was completely dark inside. It was just as I expected... Anyway, I should pretend to be surprised after turning on the light.

"I'm back……"

puff!

Before I could clearly see what was happening in the living room, something sticky hit my face.

"Pfft hahahaha - I knew Ikusaku-chan would be fooled~~"

Kiuri-san's laughter... Speaking of which, the cake on my face was birthday cake...? It was definitely birthday cake!

"Pfft... I have to record him..."

As expected, you guys are collaborating to commit a crime!!

I wiped away the indescribable things on my face, and I only saw them looking at my face and laughing. They couldn't help turning around and trembling for a moment!

"Hahahahaha...Pfft, happy birthday, Yusaku-chan~"
Chapter completed!